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lycaenide's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent
theleppy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
katie_holder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I question if the author hates women? The misogyny was real. The references were absurd and offensive. Also I hate video games and I double hate books written like a video game (new hate unlocked) I definitely was not the target audience, the target audience would be the men incels who talk about hating women while simultaneously wondering why they can’t find a woman. This book was torture.
I only finished this because of book club, I like going to book club. Also the reason why I rated this a 2 star book was because the audiobook production was fantastic. I will not be continuing this series.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
themagicspider's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
blchabot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury
peachmoni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Genocide, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism
bonneamie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Dementia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Infidelity
davschi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Stalking
trips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
However! This book is incredibly violent and gorey. If you think the premise is bleak, the plot is equally bleak and extremely dark at times. Carl and Princess Donut are seriously going through it this whole book.
Dinniman thankfully has way with comedic timing in writing that jives with me so despite the gore and very heavy themes, I found myself just having a grand ol' time reading about Carl's constant suffering. Princess Donut is a delight though, its no wonder her charisma stat is so high.
At a different point in my life I wonder if I wouldn't have enjoyed this given how gorey and dark it is but it just hit in all the right ways. The sprinkling of small commentary on Carl and Princess Donut's life before entering the dungeon is equally as intriguing as finding out more about the corporation that is behind the entire dungeon crawl. I worry that the series will get too dark for me to want to continue at some point, so I'm really gunning for Dinniman's humor to keep me holding on!
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, and Blood
Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury
katy_bee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
But really I just found it so much fun. It's very silly, definitely not Pulitzer prize winning writing and you can see the crowd pleasing elements that it unapologetically draws on which might date it in time- the lineage of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ready Player One, the Hunger Games and a ton of computer and role playing games are writ large- but I just had an absolute blast reading it.
I love Princess Donut! I'm a fan of cats and this one has the balance of playfulness, scaredy-cat-ness, devotion and assholery that you'd expect from a sentient feline. Carl is a great everyman, making it all (just about) work and juggling all the hellish pressures that come with dungeon crawling. There are moments of pathos and social commentary.
I immediately bought the next in the series
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol